Foreclosure - delinquent on mortgage by 2 months on single home in PA

i'm 2 mo delinquent now and Chase has been leaving me voicemails as expected. i have very little savings, very little home equity; i plan on moving in with my son after i lose my home. I fully feel comfortable foreclosing and just living in home rent-free. Before my 3rd delinquent month, any benefit to try and apply for a home modification to try and extend my home stay? I could see myself living in this home if they permanently reduced my interest rate to the lowest rate of 2% fixed and forgive principal. i've been denied before while i was current and they said even if we modified, your income is insufficient to meet the timeline of the loan. Chase themselves recommended short selling/foreclosing while i was current.. now i'm delinquent and i'm giving them what they suggested. thoughts?

1. Analyze your income and assets.
2. Look at the magnitudes of debt and debt categories on the house.
3. Check and see if bankruptcy would have any benefit for you.
4. ascertain whether you will be responsible for the deficiency.
5. See if you are insolvent so as not to be charged with COD income.
6. See if the mortgage and note are proper and that the bank didn't make an error in all the transactions from start to finsih.
7. Check to see if you can accomplish a bankruptcy equivalent by application of your state's non-bankruptcy exemptions.

and much much more.

Until an attorney looks at EVERYTHING its a shot in the dark.

Good Luck....

Curt Harrington
Patent & Tax Law Attorney
Certified Tax Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization
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Foreclosure actions take a long time to play out in Court. If a foreclosure action is filed and you are served with the Complaint, speak to an attorney about filing an Answer to the Complaint. You may have defense available to you such as compliance with Act 6 (if applicable), among others.

Bucks County also has a foreclosure diversion program, which would allow you to explore options other than foreclosure such as a short sale or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

In any event, filing a response to the foreclosure action rather than doing nothing and letting the lender get a default judgment will ensure that you have the maximum amount of time in your home.

Go ahead and apply for a Making Home Affordable (HAMP) loan modification, it sounds like the perfect time: you are delinquent, and they haven't filed foreclosure. The servicer is not supposed to refer your loan to foreclosure while you are being considered for HAMP loan modification.

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